Week In Photos Dec. 6-11

A recap of selected photos published in the Kitsap Sun and online for the week of Dec. 6-11th.

Kelly Hocog (left) tries to tempt the cow into standing up for some hay while Scott Gammill, of South Kitsap Fire and Rescue looks on after the 1,100-pound animal was freed from Blackjack Creek in Port Orchard at about noon on Thursday after being stuck in the freezing water for most of the morning. (MEEGAN M. REID | KITSAP SUN)

Olympic High School swimmers John Wojtech, right, and Colton Kohnke, left, rest between practice this week. The seniors have been friendly rivals in the pool, pushing each other to excel. The seniors have already qualified for the state swimming and diving meet in February. (LARRY STEAGALL | KITSAP SUN)

Kitsap County Sheriff's deputies Steve Martin, left, and Dave Green take measurements at the scene of a pickup truck accident at the entrance to Clear Creek Nursery in Silverdale on Thursday. (MEEGAN M. REID | KITSAP SUN)

A Bainbridge police officer talks with a tow truck operator near a Toyota Camry involved in a collision that blocked traffic on Highway 305 Thursday morning. (Tristan Baurick | For the Kitsap Sun)

Holly Smith, left, and Myle Garcia embrace while searching through the charred wreckage of Paymela Faye Long’s mobile home in the Illahee Shores Mobile Home Park on Wednesday. Smith is Long’s daughter-in-law and Garcia is Long’s daughter. They were there for a “Moment of Blessing,” in which family, friends and clergymembers pray to “reclaim” the scenes of violent crimes. (MEEGAN M. REID | KITSAP SUN)

Casey Anderson stands inside the ice sculpture he made at his home in Port Orchard. (MEEGAN M. REID | KITSAP SUN)

From left, Chris Harper, Desiree Mengel and Robert Lheureux prepare pizzas for the oven Tuesday at Papa John’s in on Kitsap Way Bremerton. With 100 percent of the restaurant’s proceeds going to support the families of four slain Lakewood police officers, the pizzaria had its busiest day. (MEEGAN M. REID | KITSAP SUN)

Bob Rains, who served aboard the USS Pennsylvania, and fellow Pearl Harbor survivors gather on stage for a group photo after Monday’s Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony at the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport. (MEEGAN M. REID | KITSAP SUN)

Eleven-month-old Rory Willis sits all bundled up in his stroller while his mom, Cass, fills out forms while in line at an H1N1 vaccination clinic at Silverdale United Methodist Church on Wednesday. The vaccine, which until now had been available only to people in high-risk groups, will be available to everyone starting Monday. (MEEGAN M. REID | KITSAP SUN)

Kelly Hocog sits on a fallen tree while a cow pulled from Blackjack Creek warms up under a tarp in Port Orchard on Thursday. Hocog was one of several people who helped free the 1,100-pound animal at about noon on Thursday after it was stuck in the freezing water for most of the morning. (MEEGAN M. REID | KITSAP SUN)

Kingston’s basketball coach Blake Conley, center, bumps fists with his team after they improved to 3-0 with an 81-49 win on Tuesday night. (LARRY STEAGALL | KITSAP SUN)

North Kitsap’s David Stock, left, and Tolen McGregor celebrate at center court as Jesse Quitugua slaps the floor in frustration after Olympic lost to the Vikings 40-39. (Steve Zugschwerdt | For the Kitsap SUn)

Ada Ulmer, 96, of Poulsbo, flips through a scrapbook of photos taken at Pearl Harbor before the start of World War II. She was a nurse and called to duty following the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. (LARRY STEAGALL | KITSAP SUN)

Mistie Palacios at her home in Bremerton on Friday. Palacios and her husband were regularly paying hundreds of dollars in fees, and at certain times frantically working to keep checks from bouncing when they misused payday loans. (MEEGAN M. REID | KITSAP SUN)